ADONXS: Czechia confirms SuperStar winner Adam Pavlovcin for Eurovision 2025

The news is out and a “SuperStar” is in. Czechia have confirmed that ADONXS, winner of the Czech-Slovak edition of Idol, will sing at Eurovision 2025.

ADONXS — real name Adam Pavlovčin — only learned that he’d earned the gig last week. And on Tuesday, just a day before the public reveal, he sat down with me on Zoom to tell me all about his musical journey from Slovakia, where he was born and raised, to Prague, which he now calls home.

Adonis, of course, was the mortal lover of the goddesses Aphrodite and Persephone in Greek mythology. He was also considered the ideal of male beauty. But ADONXS tells me he adopted the name to boost his confidence, not to suggest his own beauty. It was akin to adopting a drag name.

“It was sort of a drag persona for myself while studying in London,” he says. “I didn’t feel very confident at first on stage and I wasn’t confident with my presence or body there. I love the drag community and that really helped give me confidence.” Please note: Adam is not a drag artist, just someone inspired by the craft and charisma of its performers.

You can watch the entire 35-minute interview with ADONXS from 12:00 London / 13:00 Prague on the Wiwibloggs YouTube channel. We discuss how he wrote his song, which is about reclaiming your power; how it defies genre and can’t be put in a single box; and what it was like becoming the first queer winner of a televised singing contest in the country. 

Czechia: SuperStar winner ADONXS confirmed for Eurovision 2025 (PRESS RELEASE)

Czechia will once again participate in the largest song contest in 2025. ADONXS, whose real name is Adam Pavlovčin, a 29-year-old artist known not only as the last winner of SuperStar Czech-Slovakia (the Czech-Slovak iteration of the Idol franchise) from 2021, but also for his distinctive visual presentation and unique pop approach, will compete for the win at Eurovision. The upcoming international competition will be hosted in Basel, Switzerland next May. In a show of confidence & support, the national broadcaster, ČT, is moving the competition to their main ČT 1 channel.

The accolades of singer of the year, musical discovery or winner of a singing competition build the profile of ADONXS, who became the representative of Czechia at the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest. “First of all, I am really happy, participating in Eurovision has always been my big dream. At the same time, I feel a great responsibility to represent a country that has a great recent history in the competition, and which is my home,” says singer ADONXS.

Uncompromising, cheeky, sometimes cinematic and with room for dancing. This is how ADONXS describes the song with which he will compete for the crystal trophy in Basel next spring. “I have visualized this moment to a large extent and for the last year I have mainly focused on creating new songs, also with the ambition of Eurovision. I applied with several songs, and I am happy that one of them was ultimately successful and won it all. I can’t wait to be able to share the song with you,” ADONXS reveals.

The selection of the representative went through several thorough phases this year and worked in particular with the fact that Czech viewers cannot vote for their own song in the semi-finals or the grand final. “The candidates were first decided by a ten-member international jury consisting of five professionals from the field of music production and music composers and five former foreign representatives of Eurovision. The next part was quantitative research with more than nine hundred respondents from three foreign countries. “To ratify the voting result, we conducted another research through a focus group. And ADONXS was the clear winner in all aspects,” says Head of Media of Czechia Michal Utíkal.

Czech Television has chosen this process for the first time, betting on high chances of success. “We are all pleased that ADONXS came out as the winner. Eurovision has been his dream, and you could see it from our very first meetings– he was one step ahead and ready to work. Now we are all gearing up to deliver the best result for Czechia in the contest,” adds Ahmad Halloun, International PR and Comms Manager for Czechia at Eurovision.

Eurovision has been held annually since 1956, except for the coronavirus year 2020, and is the most watched non-sports television event in the world.

ADONXS has gained attention for his naturally deep voice, which is a characteristic feature of his work. However, as much as one of his biggest muses Orville Peck, ADONXS does not leave the listener hanging only in the bass register. He offers a strong stage presence, genre-bending performances, avant-garde pop vocabulary, as well as soulful vocals and emotional ballads. ADONXS grew up listening to the legends such as Queen, Depeche Mode, Elton John and Prince, and has cited Troye Sivan, Mahmood, AURORA, Josef Salvat, Sufjan Stevens, RAYE and Conan Gray as some of his current influences. In 2022, he released his debut album Age of Adonxs, won Singer of the Year and Musical Discovery from biggest Czech radio station Evropa 2, and was added to the prestigious Forbes list of young talents 30 under 30.

Beyond music, ADONXS is a passionate LGBTQ+ rights advocate, working to foster inclusivity and equal rights. From redefining the word love in his native language and making it more inclusive in every gender to being the face of major ad campaigns, he uses his platform to build a more tolerant society.